DEC a-Series Installation And Setup Manual page 24

Setting Up an Operating System
Table 2-1: Starting a Windows NT Installation, continued
Step Action
16 Press [F8] to indicate your acceptance
of the licensing agreement.
17 Press [Enter] to confirm your choice.
NOTE: Follow the screen prompts to choose a partition, to confirm a partition, and to decide whether or not to
format the partition.
18 Press [Enter] to accept the choice.
Insert the floppy diskette
19
(AK-R1SHH-CA) into the floppy
drive.
Press [Enter].
20 Follow screen prompts.
21 Press [Enter] to restart your computer.
22 Follow the screen prompts to set up
the reinstalled Windows NT operating
system.
If you are installing the operating system on a disk that has not been partitioned and
formatted, refer to Table 2-2.
Table 2-2: Setting Up Partitions for a Windows NT Installation
Step Action
1 From the AlphaBIOS boot screen,
press [F2].
2 Select Hard Disk Setup...
Press [F6] to format disk.
Press [F7] for express Hard Disk
Setup.
3 Press [F10] to continue.
4 Press [Enter].
5 Press [Escape].
2–4 Installation and Setup Guide
Result or Displayed Text
A message indicating your choices displays.
Setup has found Windows NT on your hard disk in the
directories shown below.
Setup will now examine your hard disks.
Please insert the disk labeled Hardware Support Disk
for Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0.
Please wait while Setup copies files to the hard disk.
This portion of Setup has completed successfully.
The Windows NT operating system loads and starts.
Result
AlphaBIOS setup screen displays.
If disk 0 is not partitioned, a message asking if you
would like to proceed with default disk partitioning
displays.
Express Setup Complete screen displays.
A list of disks, including partitions, displays.
AlphaBIOS setup screen displays.
Refer to Table 2-1 to re-attempt a Windows NT
installation.